The largest Greek island, Crete, was the birthplace of the first European civilization. No one knows where the ancient inhabitants of the island came from, nor even how they called themselves.
Alan Turing is considered one of the greatest minds to have ever lived. The British man is regarded as the father of theoretical computer science and the theory of artificial intelligence.
George Washington lost his 1st tooth when he was just 22 years old and then kept losing them one after the other. By the time he became an influential politician, he had only one natural tooth left in his mouth.
In antiquity, the Assyrians themselves took their name from their god Ashur. Until the 19th century BC, the small kingdom in North Mesopotamia was constantly dependent on one Sumerian kingdom or another.
A number of different legends exist about the creation of the game of chess. One of them tells of a despotic raja who lived in India many centuries ago.
The apple is not simply a fruit. It is a symbol of love, temptation, hostility, with all kinds of stories and legends about it, while according to many theories it is the apple that lies at the foundation of human imagination and knowledge.
Krishna is one of the main gods of the Indian pantheon. He is also one of the most revered deities in modern India. The great celebrations of Krishna Janmashtami and Holi are organized in his honor, festivals that are associated with his birth day.
Research by a team of scientists from the University of Maryland has proven that arrhythmia, and not drugs, decimated one of the brightest icons of rock 'n roll.
According to local stories, it is in this unfrozen water that a dangerous monster swims, one that looks like a dinosaur and is over 33 ft (10 m) long. Locals even like to call it the Russian Nessie .
More than 100 years ago, a young man from Germany named Richard Platz wrote a letter, stuffed it in a plain old brown beer bottle, sealed it carefully and threw it in the cold waters of the Baltic Sea, while he was out on a nature outing.
Lina Vanessa Medina is the full name of the girl to hold the record for being the youngest mother in medical history. Lina is from Peru and gave birth during the 1st half of the last century, when she was barely 5 years old.
Large bets were made by the men, who gambled for hunting weapons or caught prey. According to the discoverers, the inhabitants of the region lived relatively lavishly and peacefully if they had time to spend playing games.
The legend goes that when a beautiful Peruvian princess was bathing, a young hunter approached her. She was frightened and ran off, while the water she had been bathing in transformed into a lagoon.